Mikrovågsugn (liten) skala: 1-fenyl-2-nitropropen (P2NP)

[rampage]

okay finished attempt 1 and attempt 2
microwave synth of p2np

50ml nitroethane, 13ml of gaa, 20ml of n-butylamine and 50ml of benzaldehyde, mixed in that order.
allow mixture to sit for 5 minutes as the rm comes together and smoke vapour clears.
place a rubber dishwashing glove onto beaker, i used the cheapest one available at supermarket.

microwave is 500 to 600w, 600w is the high setting and 500w is the low setting, i use in this synth, the settings high = 600w and med/high = 575w.

place rm into the microwave.
1st irradiation was 40 seconds on high, removed rm and cooled to room temp

2nd irradiation was 45 sec on med/high, removed rm and cooled to room temp

3rd irradiation was 50 sec on med/high, removed rm and cooled to room temp


4th irradiation was 1 minute on med/high, removed rm and cooled to room temp

5th irradiation was 1 minute on med/high, removed rm and cooled to room temp

6th irradiation was 1 minute on med/high, removed rm and cooled to room temp

7th irradiation was 1.10 min/sec on med/high, removed and cooled to room temp


200mls of 100% ipa was added to the rm, then covered with glad wrap and placed in the freezer.
i took a little bit of the reaction mixture and evaporated to get a seed crystal.

once i added the seed crystal, boom p2np instantly crystallized.

i then placed rm back in the freezer.
i will vacuum filter shortly and wash crystals with amount of cold ipa, then weigh crystals.

then will place motherliquour back in freezer for a second crop.


attempt 2 i did straight after attempt 1

place
100ml of nitroethane
25ml of gaa
20ml of n-butylamine - towards the end of the reaction i notice unreacted benz so i add another 10ml of n-butylamine so n-butylamine = 30mls!
100ml of benzaldehyde
in to a beaker and allow rm to react for 5 minutes, clear smoke and place rubber glove onto beaker.

place into microwave,

1st irradiation was 1.50 min/sec on med/high, removed rm and cooled to room temp

2nd irradiation was 1.20 min/sec on med/high, removed rm and cooled to room temp

3rd irradiation was 1.40 min/sec on med/high, removed rm and cooled to room temp

4th irradiation was 1.30 min/sec on med/high, removed rm and cooled to room temp

5th irradiation was 1 minute on high, removed rm and cooled to room temp

6th irradiation was 1.25 min/sec on high, removed rm and placed a magnetic stir bar into the beacker and stirred for 20 minutes as rm cooled to room temp

7th irradiation was 1.10 min/sec on high, removed rm and stirred for 30 minutes as rm cooled to room temp.

added seed crystal and boom p2np instantly crystallizers,









placed in freezer and will vacuum distill shortly and wash with cold ipa.

this photo is both attempts....

i will publish the weights soon...

 

[Osmosis Vanderwaal]

Isnthere any sort of theme to your times, that you are irradiating it for? Does it boil? I guess not since the glove doesnt melt. What is the polar chemical heating the solution?

 

[rampage]

filtration and dried product

 

[Osmosis Vanderwaal]

Methanol ( probaby among other things) is polar, which is a prerequisite to microwave irradiationmas far as I know, its what the microwaves vibrate whichcauses the heating effect, if i understand correctly. Thisnisnvery interesting to me but at the same time all of theose chemicals are a pain to get very much of. Did you use technical grade benzaldehyde or is it immitation vanilla/ almond?

 

[rampage]

yeah benzaldehyde is pure not an immitation. nitroethane 100%